Saunas

Already since ancient times, sauna has played a major role in the life of Estonian peasants. Throwing water on heated stones and birch whisks are rooted in our traditions. Birch branches bound into a whisk is the most common, yet the most effective curing herb. The steam coming from the water thrown on the stove comes from an ancient word “leil-lõun-löül”, which means “soul” in ancient Estonian. The steam has the power to clear the person’s soul.

Sauna is a sacred place, where one must keep purity and peace both in one’s actions and thoughts.
At the end of the 19th century, a Mulk woman has said: “Sauna is a place even more sacred than the church.”

“There is no other place where so much good feelings and thoughts occur than on sauna bench.”